A judge in California on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of international students nationwide while a court case challenging previous.
A judge in California on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of international students nationwide while a court case challenging previous terminations is pending. The order by US District Judge Jeffrey S. White in Oakland bars the government from arresting, incarcerating, or moving students elsewhere based on their legal status until the case is resolved. Students could still be arrested for other reasons, and their legal status can still be revoked if they are convicted of a violent crime carrying a prison term of more than a year, the AP reports.
Most courts hearing these types of cases have granted protections to the person suing, but White said the government’s actions «wreaked havoc» not only on the lives of plaintiffs but on other nonimmigrants in the US on student visas.
